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PayScale lists the Top 10 technology companies based on highest average starting salaries.

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Dayton Business Journal

For recent college graduates spending the summer looking for jobs, PayScale Inc. has a report that could help technology grads decide where to apply. The company's 2012 Top Tech Employer Comparison report lists the highest-paying tech companies based on starting salaries.

The company owns the largest database of online employee salary data in the world, and puts out the report annually that lists the highest starting pay at various tech employers, as well as demographics of who is getting hired.

In Dayton, the average starting salary of $59,663 is what a recent graduate with a computer science major looking for a job in Dayton as a computer programmer can expect.

The top 10 tech employers nationwide ranked by highest average starting salaries:

Nvidia, $99,400

Microsoft Corp., $91,500

Salesforce.com Inc., $88,900

Google Inc., $87,500

Adobe Systems Inc., $86,200

Yahoo! Inc., $81,100

Intel Corp., $80,500

eBay, Inc. $80,100

Oracle Corp., $78,100

Nokia Corp., $74,400.

The PayScale report also reports that of those new employees hired, 55 percent had a bachelor's degree, with 15 percent having an associate's degree, 14 percent with non-M.B.A. Master's degree, 6 percent had an M.B.A. and just 3 percent had a Ph.D.

The report also lists the most common schools students were hired from and the top eight most common majors of those who were hired.

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